About 4 times a year I have to meet with a few people from the school about my boys. This time it was the principle, the school psychologist, special Ed coordinator, both teachers, and the adaptive PE teacher.
The meeting went pretty well. First thing we discussed is what the boys have improved on and what they are still struggling with. Basically it boils down to the fact that they cannot focus in the normal classroom environment. It is too busy and overwhelming. They also have a hard time prioritizing their work and doing what has to be done first. All of the people in the meeting have spent extensive time with the boys and agree on a few things. First of all they think that the curriculum in kindergarten is just boring to the boys. Intellegence wise they are way above the alphabet etc. So sitting at a table and writing the letter c 25 times is just mind numbingly boring and they believe that contributes to them not focusing. All of the educators have seen them focus when they are working one on one or when the subject is interesting to them. But they cannot focus on things that don't interest them. So we are going to work on getting the point across that they just have to do the work and then they can get a reward like a book or playing with toy etc. Both teachers have seen a lot of improvement with their writing but they just aren't fast enough to keep up. This will be a constant battle in first grade.
The principle is going to place them early in first grade and give their files to their teachers. We will meet again with those teachers at the end of summer. Some other things that are going to be considered are extending time for them to do the work and extra help with keeping them focused. The psychologist is also going to do further testing. She is leaning towards Aspergers syndrome but isn't sure.
The good news is they met or exceeded all the requirements in Adaptive PE and the teacher said they will be fine in regular PE next year. We just need to keep up the regular exercise and increasing upper body strength. And also keep working with the ball.
So during the summer they want the boys to keep writing and maybe spend time helping them learn how to direct themselves to do work. They need to learn the internal thought process to get through a paper. So I am brainstorming ideas on this. We already discussed doing a summertime journal where they could take pictures, print them out and write 3 sentences about what they did that day. I am going to have to set up some kind of weekly plan of activities so that everything gets covered. It will be a busy summer but hopefully it will help them in first grade.
The meeting went pretty well. First thing we discussed is what the boys have improved on and what they are still struggling with. Basically it boils down to the fact that they cannot focus in the normal classroom environment. It is too busy and overwhelming. They also have a hard time prioritizing their work and doing what has to be done first. All of the people in the meeting have spent extensive time with the boys and agree on a few things. First of all they think that the curriculum in kindergarten is just boring to the boys. Intellegence wise they are way above the alphabet etc. So sitting at a table and writing the letter c 25 times is just mind numbingly boring and they believe that contributes to them not focusing. All of the educators have seen them focus when they are working one on one or when the subject is interesting to them. But they cannot focus on things that don't interest them. So we are going to work on getting the point across that they just have to do the work and then they can get a reward like a book or playing with toy etc. Both teachers have seen a lot of improvement with their writing but they just aren't fast enough to keep up. This will be a constant battle in first grade.
The principle is going to place them early in first grade and give their files to their teachers. We will meet again with those teachers at the end of summer. Some other things that are going to be considered are extending time for them to do the work and extra help with keeping them focused. The psychologist is also going to do further testing. She is leaning towards Aspergers syndrome but isn't sure.
The good news is they met or exceeded all the requirements in Adaptive PE and the teacher said they will be fine in regular PE next year. We just need to keep up the regular exercise and increasing upper body strength. And also keep working with the ball.
So during the summer they want the boys to keep writing and maybe spend time helping them learn how to direct themselves to do work. They need to learn the internal thought process to get through a paper. So I am brainstorming ideas on this. We already discussed doing a summertime journal where they could take pictures, print them out and write 3 sentences about what they did that day. I am going to have to set up some kind of weekly plan of activities so that everything gets covered. It will be a busy summer but hopefully it will help them in first grade.
2 comments:
Sounds like the school/teachers are looking out for them. Exactly what is important.... I bet they will do excellent!
I bet they will 2!
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